Shade and curtain fixture



Dec. 25.192 mmma C. C. PARKER SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed May 28. 1920 IN VEN TOR. C. C. Emma-R ATTORNEY.

Patented ea. 25, 1923.

SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application filed May 28, 1920. Serial N0. 384,883.

To (Law/ 20771 z'z'mag concern Be it known that I, CANDAGE CRABB PAR-- nun, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and curtain fixtures for window frames, and its primary object is to provide a fixture which can be fastened to a window-frame without marring or defacing the visible portions thereof by the use of nails or screws.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fixture of the above character which is capable of adjustment with respect to the width of the window frame to which it is applied and which is also adjustable within reasonable limits to accommodate shade rollers and curtain poles of different lengths, thereby avoiding the necessity of changing them for windows of different widths.

Still another object of the invention is to provide fixtures which when applied at opposite sides of a window-frame cooperate to provide a rigid and self-locking support for a shade and curtains suspended from the roller and the pole or poles connected with the fixtures.

Other features and objects of the invention will be more fully explained in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which Figure 1 is a face View of the upper portion of a window casing showing the method of applying my improved fixtures thereto;

Figure 2, a section taken on the line 22, Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrow drawn across said line;

Figure 3, an enlarged detail view of one of the fixtures;

Figure 4, an end view of the same looking in the direction of the arrow A, Figure 3.

Figure 5, a section along the line 5-5,

Figure 3, and

Figure 6, a cross section along the line 66, Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings I provide rightand left-hand brackets 5 which in practice are fastened diagonally between the longitudinal edges of the upright side members 6 of a window-frame, convergingly with relation to each other.

Each bracket comprises two longitudinally slidably arranged sections 7 and 8 which at their outer ends have angularly set flanges 7 and 8 for engagement with the edges of a side member of the windowframe.

One of the sections has longitudinal flanges 8 between which the. other section is slidably fitted and the end flanges of the members have apertures for the passage of screws or nails by which the fixtures are fastened to the frame.

Slidably supported upon the outer section of each bracket is a shade and curtain carrier 9 which may be secured in any of a plurality of selective positions by a spring latch 10 which passes through an aperture in the carrier to enter any one of longitudinally extending series of apertures 8 and 7 in the sections of the bracket.

The latch is preferably composed of a leaf-spring 1O fastened at one end to the carrier and having at its opposite end a prong 10 passing through the beforementioned aperture and adapted to enter therewith registering apertures of the two sections of the bracket.

It will be seen that by these means not only the carrier is secured upon the bracket in any desired position, but the two sections of which the bracket is composed are likewise secured in their adjusted position with relation to each other.

The carrier has at one of its edges 2. forwardly projecting ear 12 suitably grooved to receieve the trunnion of a shade roller 14 of conventional construction and it has, furthermore one or two forwardly extending studs 13 to support the ends of tubular curtain poles 15.

The carrier is preferably provided with longitudinal flanges 9 which embrace the outer section of the bracket and thereby hold the carrier against lateral displacement.

In using my invention the brackets are placed diagonally upon the faces of the side members of a window-frame with their end flanges engaging the longitudinal edges of the same. The brackets are secured by nails or screws driven through the apertures of their flanges which to further prevent marring or defacing of the window-frame, are

off-set as best shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, whereby the brackets are spaced from the visible surfaces of the same.

The carriers of the fixtures are adjusted to the proper distance apart to support a shade roller on their forwardly projecting ears, and the curtain poles which as usual are composed of telescoping tubular parts are secured to the brackets by inserting the studs 18 into the openings of their rightangularly bent ends.

It will be seen that when the fixtures are thus convergingly arranged, the carriers cooperate to support the curtains and the shade suspended from the poles and the roller, that the adjustment of the bracket permits of their being applied to the frame members of different widths at any desired height and that the adjustment of thecarrier provides for using curtain poles and shade rollers on window frames of different widths vithout alteration.

I desire it understood that while I have shown my improved curtain shade and ourtain fixtures in the most practical form at present known to me, I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction shown except as defined in the following claims:

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a window frame, of guides at opposite sides thereof, converging downwardly in a common plane, and carriers slidable on said guides and adapted to conjointly support a shade roller or curtain pole. p

' '2. The combination with a window frame, of guides at opposite sides thereof, converging downwardly in a common plane, carriers slidable on said guides and adapted .to conjointly support a shade V roller or curtain pole, and means for locking the carriers in adjusted positions on the guides.

3. The combination with a window frame, of guide plates spaced from the upright side members thereof and converging dowwardly in a common plane, and carriers slidably embracing said plates and adapted to conjointly support a shade roller orv curtain pole. 7

4. The combination with a window frame, of carriers mounted at opposite sides thereof to move in a common plane along downwardly converging lines, the carriers'being adapted to conjointly support a shade roller or curtain pole.

5. The combination with a window frame,

of carriers mounted at opposite sides thereof a CANDACE CRABB PARKER. 

